Green Snowdrop soup

A yummy soup that is pleasing to the palate as well as the stomach. Mother will never complain about this one. This uses greens and egg whites. Nutritious , healthy, chunky and pleasing to the eye. Now that we've listed its virtues lets get down to how easy it is to make.

You need just a cupful of greens you like. Sliced french beans, capsicum, snow peas, spinach, bok choy, spring onions, coriander leaves, celery, cabbage etc. 2 cups chicken / vegetable stock, 1 tsp oil, 1 tsp crushed garlic, 1 ts grated ginger , salt, pepper to taste, 1/4 th tsp sugar. 1 egg white. 1 tsp cornflour mixed with water to make a thin paste .

Heat a pan and add 1/4 tsp oil to it. saute the ginger and then add garlic. add the chicken stock and bring to a boil. Add in the greens and the seasonings.Bring to a boil. Beat the egg white and slowly add to the boiling soup. Add in the cornflour paste and stir well. Serve.

Green Treasure Soup

2 cups water, 2 tblsp each of greens like french beans, capsicum, chinese cabbage, pok choy spinach, spring onion, celery, sliced green chillies ( light green non spicy variety), 1 cube stock, 1 tbsp vinegar, salt to taste, 1/2 tsp sugar, 1/4 tsp white pepper,1 egg , 2 tsp cornflour mixed with a little water.

Boil the water with the stock cube, add in the greens except spring onion greens,add vinegar, salt, pepper, sugar. mix the cornflour with water and add to the soup as soon as it cmes to a boil. As the soup thickens, whip up the egg and add to the soup, stirring all the while.
Serve immediately